William Montgomery McGovern’s Introduction to Mahayana Buddhism was one of the first books on Mahayana Buddhism written for a Western audience. It predates influential English language overviews of Buddhism by D. T. Suzuki, A. Watts, and W. Rahula. The author was born in New York City in 1897 and spent his latter teenage years (1914-1917) training at the Nishi Hongwanji Mahayana Buddhist monastery in Kyoto, Japan. He founded the Mahayana Association at age eighteen and edited and ...

All'inizio del XX secolo, il Tibet era ancora un territorio misterioso e sconosciuto agli occidentali. Sia la natura sia i suoi abitanti ne rendevano quasi impossibile l'accesso. Circondato da vette alte più di seimila metri perennemente avvolte dalle nevi e protetto da schiere di monaci xenofobi, era il regno del Dalai Lama, l'incarnazione vivente del Buddha, che risiedeva nella città proibita di Lhasa. Numerosi stranieri avevano tentato di raggiungerla, ma quasi tutti erano stati respint...

*此書為固定版面格式，建議使用平板或電腦閱讀*《佛家哲學通論》是邁格文（William Montgomery McGovern）所著的一部佛教哲學著作，由江紹原翻譯。該書於1927年出版，是西方學者對佛教哲學進行系統研究的重要作品之一。邁格文在書中探討了佛教的宇宙論、因果論、緣起論等核心思想，試圖將佛教哲學與西方哲學體系進行比較和解釋。邁格文在書中對佛教的宇宙論進行了較為系統的闡述，他將巴厘文佛典作為研究對象之一，認為這些經典對於理解佛教的宇宙觀具有重要意義。然而他也指出，佛教的宇宙論在某些方面與西方哲學存在差異，尤其是在對宇宙綜合和宇宙分析的基礎性問題上，佛教的論述較為簡略。此外，邁格文在書中對佛教的玄學部分表現出一定的尊重，但對佛教的宇宙論則持較為批判的態度，認為其缺乏足夠的辯護。【作者簡介】威廉˙蒙哥馬利˙邁格文（William Montgomery McGovern，1897年9月28日-1964年12月12日）是美國冒險家、政治學家、西北大學教授、人類學家和記者。他可...

This is Volume VIII of sixteen in a collection on Buddhism. Originally published in 1923, this volume looks at cosmology. All forms of Buddhism, however divergent, claim to have but three objects of worship: the Buddha, the Dharma, and the Sangha.. The first is the founder of the faith, the second the teaching which he gave, and the third the order which he founded. Regarding each of the Ratnas or jewels, as they are called, an enormous amount of speculation has grown up, with many differe...

Buddhism is divided into two great schools, Mahayana and Hinayana. Both systems originated in India, but since the former predominates in China, Japan, Nepal and in a modified form, in Tibet and Mongolia, while the latter is confined almost exclusively to Ceylon, Burma, and Siam; they are often and rather incorrectly known as Northern and Southern Buddhism. Mahayana is again divided into unreformed and reformed branches, the unreformed branch being found all over Eastern Asia, while the re...

First published in 2004. A secret traveller to the Tibetan capital of Lhasa, the author of this unusual volume was forced to live, dress and behave as a Tibetan in order to remain undetected. Because of his unique perspective, he is able to provide an excellent description of the diplomatic, political, military and industrial situation of the country in the 1920s. His account of life in the Forbidden City of the Buddhas contains a wealth of compelling stories and fascinating information.

Alcohol Problems in the United States: Twenty Years of Treatment Perspective presents an overview of trends in the treatment of alcohol problems over a 20-year period from three vantage points: broader treatment perspectives, experienced views from the field, and personal perspectives. Some of the field's foremost experts, including Alcoholics Anonymous historian Dr. Ernest Kurtz and Dr. Robert Sparks, who chaired the committee that authored the Institute of Medicine’s highly influential s...

Engaging with sensitive topics is crucial for students to develop classroom and workplace resilience. These should be taught in a way that supports the acquisition of new knowledge, skills, and attributes, and that enables students to prepare for and thrive in their future professional life.Providing educators with a comprehensive understanding of the issues involved in teaching sensitive subjects and topics, this collected work invites them to consider their position and practice ...

Through the 1990s, a circle of ideas emerged relating three very different kinds of objects associated to a complex semisimple Lie algebra: nilpotent orbits, representations of a Weyl group, and primitive ideals in an enveloping algebra. The principal aim of this book is to collect together the important results concerning the classification and properties of nilpotent orbits, beginning from the common ground of basic structure theory. The techniques used are elementary and in the toolkit ...

Many of the problem’s children face in relation to their personal lives, educational experiences and attainment are caused by factors that exist outside schools. Yet despite this, all educational establishments and all school staff now have a clear ‘duty’ and ‘responsibility’ to respond to safeguarding and vulnerability concerns. All school staff are expected to be particularly alert to specific risks and the needs of children in particular groups or sets of circumstances children face in ...

America's greatest president, who rose to power in the country's greatest hour of need and whose vision saw the United States through the Civil WarAbraham Lincoln towers above the others who have held the office of president—the icon of greatness, the pillar of strength whose words bound up the nation's wounds. His presidency is the hinge on which American history pivots, the time when the young republic collapsed of its own contradictions and a new birth of freedo...

A collection of BBC Radio full-cast dramatisations of plays by Tennessee Williams, plus bonus material.Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright Tennessee Williams is one of the three most important American dramatists of the 20th Century, alongside Arthur Miller and Eugene O'Neill. Acclaimed for their lyrical language, dark themes and vivid portrayal of the American South, his works have spawned several Oscar-winning films and been translated and performed worldwide....